Blackstone Files Annual Report on Form 10-K

New York, March 1, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that it filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The report is available on Blackstone’s website at http://ir.blackstone.com/sec.cfm, and a printed copy of the report may be requested free of charge by contacting Investor Relations at +1 888 756 8443.

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